North East to get £30m e-vehicle re-charge network
'Leccy Tech Last year, Register Hardware reported on the UK Government's £100m plan to put the UK up with the best in terms of electric car development and infrastructure.
At the time, we thought the announcement was too big on headline numbers that didn't quite add up and too low on specifics. Now, however, an announcement has been made by one of the major players in the Government's initiative - One North East (ONE), the Regional Development Agency covering the - yes, you guessed it - North East.
ONE plans to spend £30m ($42.8m/€33.6m) to develop an EV infrastructure in the region by placing charging points in homes, businesses – apparently Tesco is already “very interested” - and public buildings, and encouraging Nissan to build planned future EVs at the carmaker's Sunderland plant.
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